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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
COUNTRY LIFE IN ARKANSAS.
Some Queer Negro superstitions.
What fs Sold at 1.-THE StOre.v

1t goes without saying that we are
superstitious, writes a correspondent
from Arkansas to the Troy Times. We
plant our potatoes by the dark of the
moon and we know many charms for
sickness better than medicine. The
negroes are like their race everywhere.
In Louisiana you are hoodooed; in Ar
kansas you are conjured. And do you
know what good conjurer can do to
you? Ofcourse he can blight your crops,
kill your cattle, make a mess of your
love affair. But he can do more; he
can throw lizards into you! Now, if
there is anything more disagreeable
than lizards for internal companions /
don't know it; they are worse than
guilty conscience, and it is something
not surprising that they usually kill
"conjured" persons in three months.
Henry says: "Heap er folks conjured
on the yon side the creek. Ole man
s., he does it. He does it outen
meanness. He long to der Baptis'
Church, an de pastor he reasoned
wild i'm bout it; but he lowed he got
'surance er salvation, anyhow, and he
would't listen ter i'm"
"The store" is the center of social
life on plantation. 1t sells every
thing from agricultural implements to
candy. 1t is the meat market, the
pharmacy, the grocery, the ready
made clothing shop, the milliner's,
the hardware shop, the furniture, the
harnessmaker's, the postoffice and the
bank. There are wagons for sale, and
it may be considered the livery-stable,
since horses can be hired there. ]
have called it the bank at first it was
a little startling to see man come up
to the Office desk (neatly guarded by
gilt-wire partition) and demand 81 to
$40 as cody as he might have asked
for gallon of molasses. But it is all
part of the system. The renters"
take the land and pay half or a third
of their crop for rent, depending on
whether they furnish stock and tools
or are supplied with them. They turn
in their whole crop to the gin and get
all their supplies at the store. There
is a yearly settlement; mean
while they get money just as
they get everything else at the store.
This is the much abused "truck sys-
TOM" Doubtless it has glaring faults,
but it is easier to denounce them than
propose working substitute. Any
such substitute must needs go back of
the planter to the commission mer-
chant who holds the planters cotton
in pawn, and whose grip on the plant
er is as much tighter than the plant
er's on the tenant as a mans fist is
harder than a baby's.
One thing our store does not SELL
that is, liquor. Some of us do not
drink liquor at all and some of us like
a glass of claret with our dinners, but
we are quite united about the store.
In the bad old days there was always
a barrel of whisky on tap-and gener-
ally fight as we'll. Now, in the lam
guage of the tempera nee circulars,
"the blithing curse is l. nished from
our midst" All the saIe regularly
rs Christmas comes round, our decent
sober people steal away to a distillery
in the hills, and it is poor beggar
that can't earn the right to thump-
ing headache by new year. They re-
gard it as duty owed to the festive
season to get drunk Christmas week.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
In the Superior Court

OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN
" and for the county OF Los Angeles. G.
y. Plat, plsin'if, W. G. K. Giles, defendant.
Action brought in the superior Court of the
of Los Angeles, and the complaint filed in
said County Of Los Angeles in the ONCE of
of the Clerk of said superior Court. The
neople OF the State OF California send greet
ing to @. X. Giles, defendant. You are here
BY required to appear in an action brought
against you by the above named plaintiff,
In the Superior Court in the State of Calf
fornia, In and for the County Of Los Ange-
les, and to answer the Complaint hled
therein, within ten days (exclusive OF the
this summons. If served within this county
or II served elsewhere, within thirty days,
or judgment by default will be taken against
you according TO the prayer OF said com.
plant. The said action ie brought 70 OBJ.
you, the said defendant, in the sum OF $st6l
said sum being balance due plaintiff
herein from defendant. for services as com.
pensati0n for making, conducting and
experimenting tbe sale Of . certain stock
man by said G. K. Giles, defendant herein.
for private sale or at public auction as to
them might seem best, as will more fully
appear by reference to complaint herein,
with interest on said sum OF $ac64 rom
ence is had to conplrtnt 10 particulars.
And you are hereby notified that II you fail
to appear and answer the said complaint as
above required. the said plaintiff win cause
your default to be entered and will take
judgment against You for $3064 with inter
est as aforesaid and for costs OF suit.
Given under my hand and the
seal Of the Superior Court of
the State OF California, In
and for the unity of Los
SEAL Angeles, this 10th dGy Of
April, In the year OF our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
aud eighty six.
@. H. DUESMO0R, Clerk.
By A. N. HAMILTON, Deputy.
Howard & Roberts. Attorneys for Plaintiff
ie96-60t
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Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate Under
Execution.

OHERIFF's SALE NO. CLAM. P. CUT
y er VS.. W. C. r. Borsum and J. M. Stone.
By virtue of an execution issued out of the
Superior Court of the county of Los Angeles,
State OF California, wherein M. p. Cutter ts
plaintiff, and w. G.. F. BOrsum and J. M.
Stone, defendants, upon judgment rem
cred the LIST day Of June, A. d. 1887 for the
sum of four hundred and twenty dollars. in
lawful money of the United States, besides
upon all the right, title, claim and interest
oil said defendants, w. G f. Borsum and
M. Stone, Of In and to the following de-
scribed property and real estate, t0-wit: Lot
five (5), In Block three (3l' of the Park Tract,
in the city and county OF Los Angeles, State
of California, as per maps recorded In BOOK
z, pages 20 and 81, Miscellaneous Records
OF Los Angeles, standing on the records OF
said county in the name of T. Beaudry, and
being the same property decribed in GER
tain contract of sale made by said P. Beau
dry to Mrs Alice Stone, wife of J. M.
Stone, on the 10th day of November,
1886, at Los Angeles city and county.
Public notice is hereby given that !
will, on Monday, the 25thday of August,
A. ID. 1887, at IL o'clock M. of that day, in
front of the Court House door of the county
lie auction, for lawful money of the United
States, all the right, title, claim and interest
OF said defendants, W. G. f. Borsum and j.
M Stone, of, in and to the above described
property, or so much thereof as may be ne
cessary to raise sufficient to satisfy said judg-
ment, with interest and costs, etc., to the
highest and best bidder
Dated this 2sth day OF July, 1887.
Sheriff OF Los Angeles County.
BY II. NJ. MITCHELL, Under Sheriff
jy29-td
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ueroc. ana Hero,u...

There are few who endure bodily troubles
without complaint. Did you ever meet
among the heroes or herofnes of your ac-
one with yellowish cast of countenance
and that jaundiced aspect generally, which
the most Impractical eye recognizes as the
Complain, and peevishly too, of the soreness
Of the recalcitrant organ, of pains beneath
the right shoulder blade, of dyspeptic symp-
toms, constipation and headache? OF course
you never did and of course the individual
was NOT using Hostetter's stomach Bitterf,
or he would not 80 have looked-so have
complained. To purify the blood when CON
taminated with bile, and conduct the secre-
ton into its proper channel, to re-establish
regularity of the bowels, Danish bilious
headache and remove impediments. to COM
plete digestion, nothing can approach in eth-
cacy this peerless Alternative and tonic. Ma
liver and kidney and bladder inactivity, are
remedied by it. 1t is capital appetizer.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
THERMOMETERS.
Little Instruments 90 which all
Rush In Hot Weather.
lEr0m the BOSTON Herald

During the hot weather there is no
instrument that is studied more care
fully than the thermometer. Every
one wants to know how hot it is each
day, and all continually consult these
little glass tubes. These vary some
times several degrees at thessame
instant. Said dealer in thermome-
ters to New York Mail and Express
reporter:
Thermometers are very curious in
struments. Sometimes we find one
that is all right at certain points and
at others it will be several degrees out
of the way. These variations are
caused by Irregularities in the tube.
The tubes are very fequently imper-
feet When the tube is too large, of
course the registration is several de-
grees lower than it should be. Some
times the tube is too small and then
the mercury shoots up higher
than it ought to. The tubes have
to be seasoned. This takes several
months. When glass is new it
changes, expands. contracts and warps
almost as badly as green wood. Very
often, after buying cheap thermom-
eter the customer has brought it back
and said it registered 100 degrees in
the shade when the temperature was
only 80 degrees. The best thermom-
eters are made in London. These inn
ported thermometers are, however,
very expensive. Some very good ones
are made in this country at New Le-
banon, N. Y, and at Rochester"
elbow are they made ?" was asked.
"The tube is blown to the size
wanted, the top being left open. The
bulb is then heated, to expel the air,
and while heated the open end is in
serted into some mercury. AS the
tube cOols the mercury runs into the
vacuum. The open end is then sealed
and the tube placed on scale. Then
it is placed in water of known tenn
perature, and the point to which the
mercury rises is marked. Several
tests like this are made before the in
strument is offered for sale."
"How are the thermometers proved
to be accurate 2"
'sThere is a place at Harvard college
for testing them. They are carefully
examined at different temperatures,
and any variation is marked. A GER
tificate is given with every instrument
that is examined"
(which scale do you think is the
best ?"
"The centigrade is one l think
should be generally adopted. For
the use of brewers there is a ther-
mometer about three feet long with
bulb about two feet in length. The
scale of this is short, and is only
marked for few degrees above freez-
ing point. Another odd instrument is
of English make, and can be read in
the dark. The tube is filled with
green composition and contains phos-
phorous. Spirit thermometers are
used for very cold climates as mer-
curry congeals at foIty degrees
below zero. These cannot be used to
measure extreme heat, as above a
certain temperature the liquid ex-
pands too fast; it boils at 100 degrees.
For very high temperatures the pyro-
meter takes the place Of the thermom-
eter. The heat is measured by the
expansion of metals, and will accu-
rately register up to 700 degrees. Feb
rile Thermometers, for the use of
physicians, are very carefully made,
and certificate isssold with them in
dicating their variations from perfect
accuracy.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
Notice OF Application 10 Purchase
Timber Land.

US. LAND OFFICE. Los ASeELss. CAI..(
June 10Th. 1851.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT II
IN compliance with tina pvovtkiOns Of ~
act OF Congress. approved Juno 3, STA ~
titled IAN Act for the sale ri Timber E6u1lu
In the States OF California, OREGON. Neva01
All Hiiler wSoses posoos sddis sfs %
geles. Cal, hai this dsy hled II Thu ~
his application to pursha4e The NIX -
tion No. 4, In Township No. II n, HnDG1 ~
Is W. OF the Q: B, Meridian. Al pSeec11
quired TO presonf the same a tAio n UH
within sixty days from The drst puh'}1oIIn6
OF this notice J. D BEL EiHUNU
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
The Latest and greatest Dis.
COvery.

DR.. De Pratt's Hamburger FIgs.-A
crystalized frpit cathartic. A discovery of
the greatest interest TO the medical pro-
fessi0n A boon to every household.
most delicious laxative or purgative, pre-
pared from fruits aud vegetables. So per
fectly harmt less that they may be admins
etiicacious to adults that single dose will
prove their value, and so elegant q prepara.
tion that 1t needs only to be presented to
the public to bec me anecessity In every
household throughout the land. For liver
complaints, habitusl constipation, indi-
gcstiou, dyspepsia ana piles they are
specific. To travellers by sea and land they
will be found invaluable; they are positi-
the only medicine ever offered to the pub
lie that is acceptable to the taste, aud 80
pleasazt that children will eat the figs as
gist throughout tho world. Price 25 cents
q box. ]. j. Mack & Co.. Props. 9and IL
Front street, San Franci co. Cal
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31

1OOx15O Star tract, ,................ 28(
Lot /, Block 81, Fairyiew Tract. ..... 16(
Lots In all parts Of the city.
HOUSES AND LOTS.
Hill street, Q rooms. 2-story. new and
frst-clsss; H. and @. water; all
modern Improvements; good barn;
LOU OOxlOOs ......s......s.....v ~
San Fernando street, opp. new passen-
ger depot, good storefoom;. lot 20x
1856 to SO It. street in rear; cheap at. III
Hope street, beautiful cottage of s
hard. finished rooms; lot 60x165 to
6lleys.. ss.sss.s. .....ss.sss 10
Hamilton street, Esst Los Angeles,
nice new cottage, 8 rooms and bath;
cement sidewalks; stable and car
riage house; lot 45x120.. n
Seventh street, bet. olive and Grand
ave., house rooms: bath, stable,
etc. lot 40xl32; IL II. alley at side. 60
Buene Vista street, house rooms,
two. story; west side street; all mod.
ern Improvements; lot 60x160 49,. 80
Houses IN all parts Of The city.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
Notice for Publication.

IL July 10th, lss7.-Notice is hereby
given that the following named settler has
filed notice of his intention to commute and
make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before U.
$. Land Once at Los Angeles, Cal, on Sep
tember 18th, 1887, viz: Albert E. Bauer,
homestead application No. 3O13 for the
fractional SW. Il Sec. 1s, TIP. z N, R. 13 W.,
=. b. M. He names the following witnesses
and cultivation of said land, viz: 1. c..
Maynard, of Maynard; W. H. Richardson,
OF Maynard; E. A. Parker, of Maynard; j..
Ong, Of Maynard.
J. D. BETHUNE.
jy2O-1m Register.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
Notice Of Application to Purchase
Timber Land.
U. 8. LAND OFFICE,
Ioa NGEIYQ Cal Iulu 9Th 1877

Los ANGELIC, Cal, July 9TH, 1857.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, IN
IN compliance with the provisions of the
Act OF Congress approved June 8. 1873, enu-
tied "An Act for the sale of Timber Lands
In the States Of California, Oregon. Nevada.
ert, whose PostofIics address is Los An
geles, Los Angeles county. Cal. has this
DAY q ed In this ONCE his application to
purchase the Ew1<, Sec. No. IA, In Townkh p
No. s N, Range No. IA w., Of the 8. B. merf.
dian.
All persons holding any sdverse claim
therein are required to present the same at
this office within sixty days from the 6rkt
publication OF this notice.
iy6-6Ot ]. D. BETHuNE, Register.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
Notice for Publication.

r AND OFFICE AT Los ANGELES, CAL.
IL July -, lss7,.Notice Is hereby dSss'
notice of his intention tr : ...s hled
support Of his nis'- make final proofIn
he iaaris ;-..i. and that said proof win
q seiore the U. 8. Land Ofiice ct IIO1
angeles, Cal, on August "a, 1887, viz; Psf-
rick Herrick, Homestead, No. 2S24. for tbe
NWH OF Sec 4, 7 1 s, IL W, 8. B. NJ.
he names the following witnesses to prove
ton of, said land, viz: Teofilo Valdez, Jacob
Miller, Hugh Magee, John g. Nichols' Jr.. Of
Los Angeles Co., Cal. J. d. BETHUNE,
yIS-lm Rcgister
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
valuable and Convenient.

BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs are widely
known as an admirable remedy for Bron-
chitis, Hoarseness, Coughs and other
troubles of the Throat and Lungs. They
contain no hurtful ingredients, but may at
all times be used with safety. Sold only in
bores. Price 25 cents.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
&c Application to Purchase
Timber Land.

o. 8. LAND OFFICE. Los ANeELEr, OAz,l
lure 10Th. 1857.
IN compliance with the provisions 81 -
act 81 Congress, approved June 3, 1879. 60
titled IAN Act for the sale Of Timber Lcnin
In the States OF fCalifornia, Oregon, Nevada,
whose postofice address is Los Anreies
Cal, has this day died 10 this oflcs his ap-
plication to purchase the az Of NEL ssd
NEL Of NEH OF Section No &c, in Townahip
no. n, Range No. 13 w. Of the 8, B MeFf-
All persons holding any adverse claim
thereto are required TO present tbs same u
this ONCE within sixty days from the 6fns
publication OF this notice
]. o. BETHUNR.
1e17-60t Register.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
HYDE PARK !
A Beautiful Suburban Town
SCENERY UNSURPASSED.

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Com
pany are now fast laying the track on their
Park to Port BaiIona, and promise compile
tion Of the same In fifteen days. This II
good news for Hyde Park and makes the
remaining choice lots and villa propox{{|
there very desirable q {AIs dne. Ao4 x423
ssss; ssse, : HSsi ss'ss II Fsss e. '''s
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

TINTED STATES LAND OFFICE. Los AN.
y geles, Cal, June II, 1SS7.-Notice of ap.
plication to purchase timber land.-Nosice
ID hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions Of the act of Congress approved
81 Timber fsds III the states iof 81 Gsior ni fore
MIA, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter.
ritory," Thomas Cox. whose postoflice ad-
DR. SIS is Los Angeles. California, has this
day fled in this ofice his application to
purchase the east half of southeast quar-
ter section No. "a, in township No north
range No Is west, OF the 8. B. meridian.
All persons holding any adverse claim
thereto are required to present the same al
this ONCE within sixty days from the hrst
publication Of this notice.
6.12-60t J. d. BETHUNE. Register.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
LOTS.

nw-MONEY LOANED HOUSES RENTED, RENTS COLLECTED
subded and Sold at Auction Subdivisions Managed Sa
Guaranteed,
e0-AND DON'T YOU FoneET ITs-Un
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
Oheap, Ohoice, Nearby Acre

The odd blocks in the Proyidencia Ranch,
md near the town OF Burbank. Will be
pisced on the market At one hundred dol
lara per acre on Monday morning, July 6th.
The quality and fertility Of the soil and the
nearby location matea this the oheepeat
aore properly IN Los Angeles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31
NOTICE.

Ehs ~ Axe1Ezs ql3x Wxxrn
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10
A STORY or CLAY.
4 Cuban Cigar Factory Which Owes It,
Fame 70 the Great American.

y
Fame to the Great American.
just beyond Togo Don Miguel called
my attention to an immense cigar fac
tory with the remark: IAN American
statesman made thatr' Then he told
me how. Soon after the great Missouri
compromise contest Henry Clay, who
was very much broken in health. was
prevailed upon by his friends to visit
Cuba The Spanish Government,
learning Of this. gave orders that he
should be received as the guest Of the
nation. On his arrival at the old Hotel
Amy in Havana, now abandoned. he
was received with extraordinary civic
and military demonstrations. and .
virginian named Belt an American
littcrateur and linguist, then and now
residing in Cuba, was appointed his
cicerone.
Mr.. Clay protested against these hon
ors as being embarrassing and distract
ing to him, an invalid who had visited
the island only for rest and recreation.
and he was finally given the keys Of
the city. but allowed to live in peace.
At this time there was in Havana a
poor. struggling cigar-maker named
Julian Alvarez. He sought Mr.. Clay
through Mr.. Belt and begged piteously
to be allowed to use his name for a
brand Of cigars. and that the great
commoner would sit for portrait to
accompany the same. The petition
was so made to Mr.. Clay that Il
touched him deeply. His reply through
Mr.. Belt to Alvarez was:
"Say to your Cuban friend that moth
ing on earth could be more distas tcfu
20 me. Twill do Il, however, on the
condition that Alvarez, should Il hclT
him to gain fortune. never fail to b
generous and bountiful TO all men will
whatever may be In his power to b.
stow upon them"
| 1t Il said that this portrait of Mr..
Clay II tho finest ono In existence. hi
own great pr aisc of Il being embodied
| III his remarks
1T Il wonderfully ugly. and there
fore wonderfully Ike mo"
Julian Alvarez died In Havana las
year. The establish mcnt, which owe>
lie origin wholly to Henry Clay's sym
patty for struggling poverty. i Oh
most noted Of lts kind In tho world
Alvarcz's death was mourncd BY ever
human being In Cuba He was un
dcubtcdly the most generous man. n
most noble man, the most truly grats
full man. proven by his innumcrabl
benefactions, ever known 60 TIE span
ish people. ~ Csbo Lsttes
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Poor Quality Of Mix.

really looks that the milk-man
may. after all. be grievously wronged
individual. In a DISQUALIFICATION case
at Chcltcnham the other day. sample
Of babies milk" sold by the defend
ant was proved to contain ten per
cent. OF added water. At the request
Of the defendant. however. the COW re-
sponsible for this sample was MIXED in
the presence Of the inspector. and the
bulk. in legal phraseology. proved to
correspond exactly with the sample. |
have always urged that to deal with
adulteration cffcctually we must 60 to
the fountain head, but, under these
circumstances the question arises;
What are we TO do when we get thcre'
The analyst in this instance said that
il was the worst sample Of genuine
milk on record. and that he should re-
port on the case. But what then? "A
COW capable Of producing babies milk
with ten per cent. Of added water
clearly deserves no mercy; but can she
be dealt with under the Food and
Drugs act. London Truth.
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have reused him this time n he had
been there 10 try. abe room was
swept and the picture busted now
and then All winter. and the peo-
Die of the house talked and
laughed and were busy about their
work. and company came and went
and the wind sometimes howlcd ~ e
chased the snow past the windows. but
Tom knew nothing about ii. After
while the snow came less and less often
and the sun STAYED longer each day.
and pretty soon Tom somehow felt tho
sunshine all through him. and he
reused himself and came out OF his
snug nest. He looked at himself all
over very carefully and stretched out
his lers one after another 10 be sure
that thew were all there. and seemed
unite pleased To find that he was .
whole Az. He brushed his head with
his fore legs seven or eight times and
polished on his wings with his hind
legs about twelve times and shook him
self nm In n general way a good deal.
and then was ready 10 look around
| him. He Numbered about the room q
good deal at first for he couldn't re-
member that he had ever seen the place
before. and his wings felt q little queer
besides: Int finally he found himself
on the rail Of the baby's crib. Now.
Tom was An old fIy. A. YOU know. be-
cause he lived through one whole win
ter. and he had had great deal of ex-
ner;euce. But his experience did not
do him much good. because he forgot
| Il so soon: and when he saw the baby
no nearly umbled over backward in
astonishment Such big ewes and such
teeth and such a pur nose and such fat
cheeks! But even II Tom had not for
GOTTEN All his experience he might
have been astonished lust the same;
for every BODY was astonished who saw
The baby: She was so remarkably
..bricht', and ..sweet'' and ..cunning"
and ..ac.ive~ and ..interesting'' and
..absorbing' and ..enticing" and .'dis-
trac,;ng,, and a great deal more. And
,rh.r her father and mother first
,ooled - hsr ~ the mornino they
,ra~a al .s,or;shed too She seemed 20
rarv much nicer that she aid the NIGHT
hefore
II She was lv;n0 IN her hack. iabbing
- - -;.t -. -. ,;.,l. e.. .rd